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Ireland : RED HAT to acquire IRISH business mobile application platform developer for EUR63.5M in cash [TendersInfo (India)]
[September 22, 2014]

Ireland : RED HAT to acquire IRISH business mobile application platform developer for EUR63.5M in cash [TendersInfo (India)]


(TendersInfo (India) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Red Hat has inked a deal worth around EUR 63.5 million in cash to acquire FeedHenry, a privately-owned developer of an enterprise mobile application platform.

Waterford, Ireland-based, FeedHenry, helps businesses fast-track mobile app backend integration through private clouds, public clouds, and on-premises systems with connectors and plug-ins to common business systems like salesforce.com, SAP, Oracle, etc.



The FeedHenry platform provides developers with the flexibility to develop native (Android, iOS, Windows Phone and Blackberry), hybrid, HTML5 or web apps.

FeedHenry was launched in 2010 as a spin out from the Telecommunications Software and Systems Group at the Waterford Institute of Technology.


Red Hat said the company boosts its range of application development, integration, and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions by adding support for mobile application development in public and private environments.

Senior vice president, Application Platform Business, Red Hat, Craig Muzilla, said : "The mobile application platform is one of the fastest growing segments of the enterprise software market. As mobile devices have penetrated into every aspect of enterprise computing, enterprise software customers are looking for easier and more efficient ways for their developers to build mobile applications that extend and enhance traditional enterprise applications. FeedHenry will help us enable customers to take advantage of the capabilities of mobile with the security, scalability, and reliability of Red Hat enterprise software." (c) 2014 Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info).

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